UK Office of Fair Trading targets online retailors

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Published 12th October 2012 |
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"More than a third of the UK's top online retailers could be breaking consumer laws, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.

A check of 156 popular websites suggested that 62 may not be fully complying with consumer protection law.

The OFT found unreasonable restrictions on refunds and compulsory charges being added without prior warning at the online checkout.

It has asked the retailers to change their websites before Christmas.
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BBC News - Online retailers told to change websites by OFT

Be interesting to see a list of offenders, as I suspect a lot of these will be household names Next time you see some unexpected charges, make sure you question it!

Steve Richardson
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I'm suprised the OFT has taken so long in finding this out... They could start with the Governments DVLC website...

Thanks,
Barney

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